Take a heritage tube train to Heathrow …. for £28.50

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• Mouse says:

  31 May31 May 06:10

  If you want to ride on an ancient tube train just get on the Bakerloo line at any time of day

  • G says:

    31 May31 May 06:34

    Or northern, or central, or metropolitan…

    • Nick says:

      31 May31 May 07:35

      No – northern , central and metropolitan all have relatively modern stock. Mouse is correct that Bakerloo has the oldest stock introduced between 1972 and 1975 so approximately 50 years old. Piccadilly stock was introduced slightly later between 1975 and 1978. Central is much more recent being introduced between 1993 and 1995 with the Northern Stock following between 1997 and 2000. Metropolitan stock was introduced between 2010 and 2012.

      • Amy C says:

        31 May31 May 14:38

        Bakerloo stock currently scheduled to remain until 2036!

• NFH says:

  31 May31 May 06:50

  That’s incredibly short notice for Iberia to change terminals. What about people who have parked at T3 etc? And in addition to the very valid points about lounges, T5 is far less convenient than T3 for the Elizabeth Line with only two trains per hour and no direct trains at all from Canary Wharf any more.

  I see that my next Iberia booking has already been updated to show T5.

  • NFH says:

    31 May31 May 07:48

    I’ve just checked my booing e-mail, and it turns out that my next Iberia flight, unlike the last one, was always going from T5, not from T3.

    • Nick says:

      31 May31 May 08:48

      I’m off to Madrid on Saturday with Iberia, booked in December and it said then it was going from T5, so the notice has been there for at least six months…

      • NFH says:

        31 May31 May 09:43

        Thanks. That explains it. My Iberia flight last weekend was from T3 and my next one will be from T3. I had paid attention only to the first one, and assumed (without checking) that the next one would likewise be from T3. If HfP hadn’t pointed this out, then we might have gone to T3 for the next one as well!

• zapato1060 says:

  31 May31 May 06:51

  Remember riding these when people would leave the drop out windows opened in tunnels and having soot/dirt every time you blew your nose.

  • Rhys says:

    31 May31 May 07:38

    That still happens!

• Bobri says:

  31 May31 May 07:08

  You of course mean people will bemoan the loss of the Centurion lounge

• Numpty says:

  31 May31 May 07:53

  Glasgow’s 1970s heritage subway trains only cost £1.75 per trip 😉
  Appreciate them much more now that they are being replaced.

  • Paul says:

    31 May31 May 13:36

    I loved the subway and it was known as the shugglie before becoming the clockwork orange! I would spend a very happy afternoon playing truant and going all the way around the line, before jumping off and going all the way back again. Happy carefree days!!

    Merkland street was my favourite station later renamed Partick.

    As for TfL…..really just run the thing right without the faff of this over priced nonsense!!

    • Martin says:

      2 Jun2 June 16:15

      It’s the London Transport Museum who own this train, and the profits help fund them.

• David says:

  31 May31 May 07:58

  I used to go to school on one of those for a shilling (5p) return.

• JR says:

  31 May31 May 08:00

  Will BA move any flights to T3? Would be good to get an updated list of all the T3 destinations…

  • Rob says:

    31 May31 May 08:30

    Did one a few weeks ago. No changes AFAIK.

    • Noah says:

      31 May31 May 09:55

      Bahrain, Bermuda and Nassau (with associated Grand Cayman and Providenciales) are moving T5 to T3 the same day.

  • SammyJ says:

    31 May31 May 09:47

    I had an email last week to say they were moving our BA Austin flights from T3 to T5 – there was a list of half a dozen destinations on it.

• Kevin C says:

  31 May31 May 08:22

  My last trip to the Qantas lounge was slightly underwhelming because the restaurant downstairs wasn’t open until the evening. The only food was the buffet which isn’t huge. It’s still a nice space.

  • tony says:

    31 May31 May 08:27

    I think perspective is always important here. My last visit to the QF lounge was when I flew EY to AUH last year. They had only just struck a deal to use that lounge a few days before I flew – before that it was the significantly more underwhelming Plaza Premium lounge.

    Yes the restaurant was closed, but no it didn’t spoil my experience!

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